Credit Suisse finalises four-strong global legal panel
Credit Suisse has finalised its global legal panel with four firms winning spots on the Swiss bank’s lineup, The Lawyer understands.
Bonuses for all: Ashurst makes entire workforce eligible for first time
Ashurst is making the finishing touches to its new bonus scheme for staff worldwide, meaning all employees will be eligible for a reward for the first time.
Good news for Slaughters female associates: Pay gap stats show women out-earn men
Slaughter and May female associates were paid 2 per cent more on average than their male counterparts as the firm becomes the latest to publish results.
Addleshaws gender pay gap: women get 33% less bonus pay
Addleshaw Goddard has posted its gender pay gap data showing that female staff receive 33.3 per cent less in median bonus pay than men.
Romania and GDPR: Key proposed measures
Polish tax evasion rules – Impact on escrow agreements
To counteract tax evasion, Polish authorities have recently introduced legislation and digital systems allowing tax authorities to analyse banking systems, search for potential fraud, and block suspicious bank accounts. Effective 30 April 2018, the new rules may have an adverse effect on escrow accounts, M&A closings, and real estate transactions in Poland. This client alert […]
Warsaw: Management liability in M&A transactions
By Niall Crowley Increased volatility on financial markets is putting pressure on company management teams when setting valuations in M&A transactions, according to experts gathered at a seminar held by international law firm Wolf Theiss…
New EU regulation: The end of geo-blocking when shopping online
A new EU Regulation, which will take effect on 3 December 2018, provides for borderless online shopping. Traders are obliged to treat online customers equally, regardless of which EU-member state they come from. Geo-blocking will be abolished in many cases. However, digital content protected under copyright law and some other services are not yet affected […]
Bulgaria: Commission recommends amendments to the energy act
On 8 February 2018, the Bulgarian Competition Protection Commission (“CPC”) issued a Decision in a Competition Advocacy proceeding initiated in 2017 for the assessment of conformity with Competition law of the legal framework applicable to heat energy supply legislation. The Competition Advocacy proceeding analyzed the respective sections of the Energy Act (“EA”), the Heat Energy […]
Bulgaria joins EU anti-money laundering club
The Bulgarian Parliament has adopted the Anti-Money Laundering Act. The Act transposes Directive (EU) 2015/848 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering and terrorist financings…
Credit Suisse finalises four-strong global legal panel
Credit Suisse has finalised its global legal panel with four firms winning spots on the Swiss bank’s lineup, The Lawyer understands.
Bonuses for all: Ashurst makes entire workforce eligible for first time
Ashurst is making the finishing touches to its new bonus scheme for staff worldwide, meaning all employees will be eligible for a reward for the first time.
Good news for Slaughters female associates: Pay gap stats show women out-earn men
Slaughter and May female associates were paid 2 per cent more on average than their male counterparts as the firm becomes the latest to publish results.
Addleshaws gender pay gap: women get 33% less bonus pay
Addleshaw Goddard has posted its gender pay gap data showing that female staff receive 33.3 per cent less in median bonus pay than men.
The Lawyer European Awards: Kromann Reumert triumphs as Law Firm of the Year
Danish firm Kromann Reumert was crowned European Law Firm of the Year last night at The Lawyer European Awards.
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Arthur Cox scouts Freshfields alumni for aviation practice
Arthur Cox has taken on a double hire, including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s former global aviation head, to bolster its aviation team. Partners Rob Murphy and Laura Cunningham, two Freshfields alumni, have moved from London to join the Irish firm’s Dublin office. Murphy joins as co-chair of Arthur Cox’s aviation team, returning to private practice after a year as chief […]
The speed read: the A&O-Deloitte carousel, Brexit in court and a Weil reunion at Kirkland
What a week for Allen & Overy. On Monday it emerged that its one-time managing partner contender Michael Castle is heading to Deloitte to lead its UK legal arm. It took the accountancy firm long enough to get their man: it is nigh on a year since The Lawyer reported it had kicked off its search. […]
Fried Frank bulks up corporate practice in 2019 partner promotions round
Fried Frank has announced its partner promotions round, making up ten partners worldwide, with one sitting in London. This is the second partner the firm has promoted in London in the last two years, with corporate lawyer David Christmas making the cut last year. Christmas’s promotion came after three fallow years where Fried Frank did […]
Mishcon moves to replace Levitt with Kingsley Napley hire
Mishcon de Reya has moved to fill a gap left by its former head of white collar crime and investigation Alison Levitt QC by hiring Kingsley Napley criminal litigation partner Johanna Walsh. Walsh will join the firm on 4 February having previously worked at DLA Piper and litigation boutique Peters & Peters with a focus […]
Clifford Chance among firms advising on halted nuclear project
Japanese firm Hitachi has suspended its £20bn nuclear power plant project in Anglesey, a construction deal that had been overseen by magic circle firm Clifford Chance and Burges Salmon. A Clifford Chance team led by partner Nigel Howorth, who works on areas including planning, energy and environment, was involved as an advisor to Horizon Nuclear […]
CMS places its bets on the North with surprise Liverpool launch
In a bid to pick up further work arising from the “Northern Powerhouse” initiative, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang is opening an office in Liverpool, hiring a partner from DWF for the launch. This will be the firm’s first UK office opening since its tripartite merger with Nabarro and Olswang in May 2017 and its tenth UK […]